Brazil Physical Geography 2

Which term refers to a river or stream that flows into a larger one, or into a lake?

• inlet

• plateau

• basin

• tributary

all evergreen trees form a(n) _____, or an umbrella-like covering over the Amazon rain forest.

 

• canopy

• escarpment

• area

• tributary

Brasilia was built as Brazil's new capital to encourage settlement in _____.

 A.the Amazon Basin

 B.the country's interior

 C.the coastal lowlands

 D.the Brazilian Highlands

• the Amazon Basin

• the Brazilian Highlands

• the country's interior

• the coastal lowlands

Grassy, treeless plains called _____ are one of Brazil's most productive ranching and farming areas.

• plateaus

• pampas

• canopies

• escarpments

Most of Brazil's population lives in _____.

• the rain forest

• the Amazon Basin

• northeastern Brazil

• the coastal lowlands

Most of Brazil is located in the _____ zone, between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.

• tropics

• temperate

• humid subtropical

• semiarid

Summer months in the United States are _____ months in Brazil.

• summer

• autumn

• winter

• spring

Recent improvements in _____ have made the resources in Brazil's vast interior available to its growing industries and population.

 

• communications

• transportation

• government

• trade

Brazil is the world's largest exporter of _____

• tropical plants

• peanuts

• beef

• clocks

Brazilian _____ is used to make ethanol, which is mixed with gasoline and used as fuel for cars and trucks.

• sugarcane

• corn

• cassava

• soybeans